Duke Hospital, InterGom
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From
• The
Auxiliary
By Dorothy Sieker
Here we are back in full swing at
the “Auxiliary Corner”—coffee pots
perkin*^ and shop carts well-stocked.
January—generally known as in
ventory month—is just that for the
Auxiliary. Not only are merchandise
and supply inventories being made,
but an “inventory” of volunteer
hours recorded by the Auxiliary is
also being tabulated. The Member
ship Committee, responsible for the
“hours inventory,” reports that
many volunteers fail to keej) their
hours posted up-to-date. The impor
tance of recording hours cannot b(‘
over-estimated. This simple act
should be done by you. No one, not
even your chairman, knows exactly
much time you have given. Some
volunteers have a feeling of reticence
about recording their volunteer time,
.so freely and unselfishly given. But
for the record, a volunteer who may
have worked two or three times in a
given week without recording her
hours is rated with the volunteer who
is on vacation. Tf no hours are re
corded on your c.ard for a given
month, it must be assumed by the
Jlembership (Uuiirman, who totals the
hours montldy,. that you liave not been
present. Kecording your Iiours is
equivalent to a roll-call.
While we give no “medals” here at
the Duke Hospital Auxiliary for num
ber of hours volunteered, it is es
sential to have some means of judg
ing not only the quality but the quan
tity of the volunteer service. Our own
Auxiliary needs the infornuition for
self-appraisal; other Auxiliaries in
quest of advice ask for sucli figures;
^^nd from the point of view of public
^^•elations, wlien asked these questions,
we seem both more intelligent and
more courteous if we know the an
swers !
Obviously, accurate records cannot
be maintained without your coopera
tion. Please help your distracted
Membership Chairman and her splen
did committee!
Parker Tillery
Named Employee
of the Month
Parker Leigh Tillery, a Dietetics
Department employee, has been se
lected as the first Outstanding Em
ployee for the Month for 19()0. Her
selection inaugurates this year’s pro
gram cf recognition for employees
wlu) do a superior job. Tliis issue of
InterCom contains a nomination slip
on which iledieal Center ])ersonnel
can name tlie employee they think
should be recognized. It should be
clipped out and sent to the Personnel
Office.
Choice of Miss Tillery as this
month’s candidate recognizes her
pleasant personality and her ability
to “get along excellently with super
visors, eo-workers and ])ersounel of
other lios))ital departments.” Com-
PARKER LEIGH TILLERY
mended for a “sincere interest in the
patient’s welfare,” she is described
as “particular about the quality of
her woi’k, ’ ’ with ‘ ‘ excellent standards
of conduct,” and “a good influence
on fellow workers.”
She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
John li. Tillery of 1003 Bay Street,
Morehead City, and was graduated
from Queen Street High School in
Beaufort. After coming to Durham
in 1941 she completed a course in sec
retarial training at Durham Business
College. She began work at Duke
Hospital that same year. Beginning
about six months ago, she has devoted
as much time as possible to Women’s
Auxiliary work at Lincoln Hospital.
What People
Are Saying
From the family of a North Carolina
patient:
She lias been in hosi)itals before but
I liave never seen a staff of workers
that seemed so dedicated to their
duties. ... 1 feel that everyone did
liis best for her. I shall always be
gratef)d to all who took care of her.
From a North Carolina physician:
We were delighted with the service
slie received at Duke, not only from
the pi-ofessional staff but from the
liospital staff as well. 7\nd believe me,
this courtesy was not only from the
doctors who knew me but also right
on down to the maids and orderlies.
Of course, 1 already knew that Duke
llos])ital was a miglity good place to
go when sick but we really never an-
ticii)ated such efUicieut and courteous
service.
Ultraviolet vs. Staph
(Continued from page 3)
type of infection almost constant—an
average of only 0.24%. In American
hospitals generally, the infection rate
ranges up to 5% and a rate of 2% is
acceptable in the best.